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Pressure stabilization effect on the donor-acceptor polyiodide chains in tetraethylammonium bis(diiodine) triiodide - insights from Raman spectroscopy

Polyiodides present high bonding flexibility already at ambient conditions, and undergo significant pressure-induced structural deformations. Resonant Raman spectroscopy has been widely used to study I-I bonds in various polyiodides, but it carries a risk ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2024

The effect of stress triaxiality on the phase transformation in transformation induced plasticity steels: Experimental investigation and modelling the transformation kinetics

Helena Van Swygenhoven, Efthymios Polatidis, Nicola Casati

In situ multiaxial loading during neutron diffraction tests were undertaken on a low-alloyed Quenched and Partitioning (Q&P) Transformation Induced Plasticity (TRIP) Bainitic Ferrite (TBF) steel with dispersed austenite particles. The effect of stress tria ...

2021

Ferrimagnetic 120 degrees magnetic structure in Cu2OSO4

Helmuth Berger, Arnaud Magrez, Henrik Moodysson Rønnow, Ivica Zivkovic, Virgile Yves Favre, Lin Yang, Romain Sibille, Gregory Scott Tucker, Nicola Casati

We report magnetic properties of a 3d(9) (Cu2+) magnetic insulator Cu2OSO4 measured on both powder and single crystal. The magnetic atoms of this compound form layers whose geometry can be described either as a system of chains coupled through dimers or as ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2020

Operando X-ray diffraction during laser 3D printing

Helena Van Swygenhoven, Steven Van Petegem, Samy Hocine, Nicola Casati

Laser based additive manufacturing allows to build a designed shape layer-by-layer, offering versatility and flexibility to many metallurgical sectors. The fast cooling rates and repeated heat cycles depending on the laser and scanning parameters are not e ...

2020

A miniaturized selective laser melting device for operando X-ray diffraction studies

Helena Van Swygenhoven, Steven Van Petegem, Samy Hocine, Nicola Casati

We report on the development of a miniaturized device for operando X-ray diffraction during laser 3D printing. The printing chamber has a size of only 130 x 135 x 34 mm(3) and is optimized to be installed at synchrotron beamlines. We describe the design co ...

ELSEVIER2020

Phase Studies of Additively Manufactured Near Beta Titanium Alloy-Ti55511

Helena Van Swygenhoven, Nicola Casati

The effect of electron-beam melting (EBM) and selective laser melting (SLM) processes on the chemical composition, phase composition, density, microstructure, and microhardness of as-built Ti55511 blocks were evaluated and compared. The work also aimed to ...

2020

In situ characterization of a high work hardening Ti-6Al-4V prepared by electron beam melting

Helena Van Swygenhoven, Karl Alan Sofinowski, Nicola Casati

A multi-phase Ti-6Al-4V prepared by electron beam melting and thermal post treatments has been shown to exhibit increased strength and ductility over standard wrought or hot isostatic pressed Ti-6-Al-4V. The mechanical improvements are due to a prolonged, ...

2019

Deformation and degradation of superelastic NiTi under multiaxial loading

Helena Van Swygenhoven, Steven Van Petegem, Wei-Neng Hsu, Efthymios Polatidis, Nicola Casati

The degradation of the superelastic properties of a commercial NiTi alloy is studied during uniaxial, biaxial and load-path-change cycling performed in-situ with synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Careful examination of the diffraction pattern during uniaxial ...

2019

Polymer derived silicon oxycarbide ceramic monoliths: Microstructure development and associated materials properties

Demetri Psaltis, Eirini Kakkava, Giulia Panusa, Nicola Casati

Polymer derived SiOC and SiCN ceramics (PDCs) are interesting candidates for additive manufacturing techniques to develop micro sized ceramics with the highest precision. PDCs are obtained by the pyrolysis of crosslinked polymer precursors at elevated temp ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2018

24-spin clusters in the mineral boleite KPb26Ag9Cu24Cl62(OH)(48)

Henrik Moodysson Rønnow, Goran Nilsen, Ivica Zivkovic, Peter Babkevich, Ursula Bengaard Hansen, Nicola Casati

2018

Load path change on superelastic NiTi alloys: In situ synchrotron XRD and SEM DIC

Helena Van Swygenhoven, Steven Van Petegem, Wei-Neng Hsu, Efthymios Polatidis, Nicola Casati

2018

Mixed-linker UiO-66: structure-property relationships revealed by a combination of high-resolution powder X-ray diffraction and density functional theory calculations

Berend Smit, Davide Tiana, Nicola Casati

The use of mixed-linker metal-organic frameworks (MIXMOFs) is one of the most effective strategies to modulate the physical-chemical properties of MOFs without affecting the overall crystal structure. In many instances, MIXMOFs have been recognized as soli ...

2017